In 2005, military funded research was carried out by Boston Dynamics in order to develop a robot that could work side by side with soldiers in combat. This robots name was suitably BigDog. Its 240 pound frame, shaped just like a mid-sized dog, is able to carry 340 pounds of gear (“...
almost anywhere.Our mission at Boston Dynamics is to develop a new breed of roughterrainrobots that capture the mobility, autonomy and speed of living creatures.In this talk, the authors deliver a status report on two humanoid and two quadrupedrobots currently under development at Boston Dynamics....
AlphaDog Proto When AlphaDog Proto came onto the scene in 2011, Boston Dynamics’ military aspirations became ever more transparent. Thanks to funding from DARPA and the Untied States Marine Corps, AlphaDog Proto was capable of varying a 400-pound payload during a 20-mile mission through varied...
Boston Dynamics is a cutting-edge robotics company that's spent decades behind closed doors making robots that move in ways we've only seen in science fiction films. They occasionally release videos on YouTube of their life-like machines spinning, somersaulting or sprinting, which are greeted wi...
This giraffe-like creature is the SpotMini, a compact robot that can navigate its way around a house like an actual dog. SpotMini is completely electric, and can operate for about 90 minutes on a single charge. It's pretty quiet for a Boston Dynamics robot, which means it co...
Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter gave Michelle Miller a personal demonstration of two of his company's most cutting-edge creations, Spot and Atlas. Dec 15, 2023 07:47 $278,000 robot police dog approved by Los Angeles despite concerns The Boston Dynamics-manufactured canine was offered as...
1 of 18Boston Dynamics SpotMini, the dog-bot Boston Dynamicsbuilds robots that can walk, climb, run, jump, carry heavy loads and even open doors and do backflips. These creations are impressive, sometimes amusing and occasionally a little bit creepy. ...
Boston Dynamics has its roots in military funding. While the robot maker has repeatedly attempted to distance itself from its roots and promote itself as a company that sells dancing robots that can do gymnastics, we've already seen its robotic offspring being used to intimidate by institutions ...
possibly hurl objects at enemies – given its additional specs include a 240-pound body, legs that can run nearly 13 miles without stopping, and ability to carry 340 pounds and climb slopes up to 35 degrees under all-weather terrain. What other tricks could Boston Dynamics teach this dog?
Boston Dynamics, the Google-owned (now technically Alphabet-owned) robotics company has been throwing bipedal robots in the woods and kicking dog-bots for years now. While the U.S. military may have put down its robot mule for being too loud, the humanoid Atlas project is live and well an...